High-resolution optical tweezers for single- molecule manipulation

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 367-383

  Zhang, Xinming ^a   Ma, Lu ^a   Zhang, Yongli ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA translocation; Molecular motors; Optical tweezers; Protein folding; Single molecule manipulation; SNARE proteins

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; PIL PROTEIN; PROTEIN VARIANT; SNARE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MISFOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DNA TRANSLOCATION; MOLECULAR MOTORS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SINGLE-MOLECULE MANIPULATION; SNARE PROTEINS;

DNA; HUMANS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SNARE PROTEINS;

EID: 84884489509     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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